US-Israel Jointly Threaten Iran as Trump Issues Ultimatum, Tehran Responds via Pakistan
Speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump stated that Iran faces swift military action, claiming it could be "taken out" in one night if a deal is not reached regarding its nuclear program and the unimpeded passage through the Strait of Hormuz. This public ultimatum coincided with reports from CGTN that Tehran submitted a 10-point counter-proposal to a 15-point US peace plan, delivered
through Pakistan, indicating a diplomatic track running parallel to increasingly aggressive rhetoric. Mainstream outlets like CGTN, while reporting the core statements, fail to adequately connect this rhetoric to ongoing, synchronized US-Israeli military posturing. They frame Trump's threat as an isolated presidential declaration and Iran's response as a separate diplomatic formality. What's
omitted or downplayed is the explicit joint nature of the threat. The United States is not simply an ally here, but a direct participant and joint aggressor in a long-standing campaign of economic strangulation and military intimidation against Iran. Since the US unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, sanctions have broadened and deepened, targeting
essential sectors like medicine and food, and are estimated to have cost the Iranian economy hundreds of billions of dollars. This economic warfare is the constant companion to the military threats. This scenario recalls the aggressive posture before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, where fabricated intelligence regarding WMDs served as a pretext for war. Here, the US leverages a perceived threat to